The Real Comic Book Origins of The Batman ’66 TV Series

But it was the Infantino Batman I was expecting to see on TV.

ABC began to promoteBatmanin December of 1965, promising a January 66 debut.

Gone were the sleek, thin vials of the Infantino utility belt, which were replaced by oversized pouches.

Producer William Dozier was the man responsible for the camp approach to Batman.

Those particular issues formed the foundation of the entire show.

We developed what was called The New Look.

And the numbers started to move up.

Unfortunately,Batmannever got any better than that opening two-parter.

In the broader timeline of American pop culture, much-ballyhooed Batmania relatively came and went.

I ended up pressing erase less than ten minutes into every DVRd rerun I watched!

But did I buy the deluxe set of long-awaited DVDs that came out last year?

You Bat-bet I did!

Since then, he has become an award-winning comic book-style illustrator and a member of The Society of Illustrators.